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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-08
WORTH PRESERVING.
A Beautiful Chapter Resembling the Or
iginaI of the Bible.

A Beautnul Chapfer Resembling the Or-
iginaI of the Bible.
Over one hundred years ago the fol-
lowing so-called Genesis 81" was used
to puzzle Biblical scholars, and to-day,
were it read aloud in any mixed COM
pany, it is questionable if its fraudulent
nature would be discovered, so beauti-
fully is the spirit and language of the
Old Testament initiated:
/. And it came to pass after these things, that
Abraham sat in the door of his tent about the
going down of the sun.
.. And behold man. bowed with age, came
from the way OF the wilderness, leaning on
staff
3 And Abraham arose and met him, and said
unto him. Turn in, pray thee, and wash thy
feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise
early on the morrow, and go thy way.
4. But the man said Nay, for will abide
under this tree.
5. And Abraham pressed him greatly; so he
turned, and they went into the tent and Abra.
ham baked unleavened bread ard they did eat.
G. And when Abraham saw that the man
blessed not God, he said unto him: Wherefore
dost thou not worship the Most High God Gre
ator of Heaven and earthY
Z. And the man answered and said: do not
call upon His name TO: have made TO myself a
God. which abideth Away IN my house and pro-
videth me with all things.
s. And Abraham's zeal was kindled against
the man, and he,srose and drove him forth with
blows into the wilderness.
Q. And at midnight God called unto Abraham
saying: Abraham, where is the stranger?
10. And Abraham answered and said: Lord
he would not worship Thee, neither would he
call upon Thy name, therefore have driven him
out from before my face into the wilderness.
II. And God said Have not borne with him
these hundred ninety and eight years. and nour-
ished him, and clothed him, Notwithstanding
his rebellion against me, and couldst not thou,
that art myself sinner, bear with him one
nights
12. AID Abraham said: Let not the anger OF
my Loci wax against His servant; 10 l rave
sinnet forgive me, pray Thee.
10. 40 Abraham arose and went foAsh INTO
the wiidernes6 and sought diligently ii she
man, tad ;p,,nd him and returned with am To
the tea iGd when he had entreated him ,.naly
he sen. sinl aw@y on the morrow with gas.
IA. An0 God spake again un;v Abrahaia say.
ing: FCt inns tiny sin shall try seed be All. xed
four huGared years in a strange land.
Is. Blu! ior thy repentance will ! deliver 1: eo
and they snail come forth with power, and Win
gladness Of heart, and with much substance
In 1859, when in England as agent
for the Colony of Pennsylvania, Benia-
min Franklin privately printed this
Chapter" as he always termed it.
Taking only sheet of paper he kept
it laid in his Bible at the end of Gene
sis, and used to amuse himself by read
ing It aloud to his friends and hearing
them express their surprise that they
had never recollected reading it, and
their openly expressed admiration of
the moral it carried with it. Its origin
is unknown. 1t has been traced back
seven hundred years to Persian poet,
who simply says lit was so related. "
1t must be very old. Chicago journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-08
TheRepublican.
Jas A. HAYDEN, Publishes.
OAKLAND. GARRETT CO.. MD.
REGRET.

can see the shadows falling
FROM the far of lofty height,
I can hear sweet voices calling
Through the solitude of night;
can hear a never! never
Ring over the years of Time,
And know have lost forever
The joys OF hope sublime.
The days flow on like river,
And our joys, like flakes of snow,
Sink down and are lost forever
In the wild, tumultuous flow;
Childhood begins LIES story,
The Man reads only its cares,
And Age, bowed low and hoary,
Completes it with sorrow and tears.
Ovoices sweet and olden,
hands that clasped of yore,
Come back in the twilight golden,
Let me feel your spell as of yorel
o voices of life, that are sleeping
Where silence hangs brooding yet,
Come forth at the sound OF our weeping,
Come back at our song OF regret!
Peace to the wild complaining
Let the lips and the heart be still;
Go, work in the years remaining
With firlner and holier will
Work on. though the darkness cover
The path that hope painted so bright;
Work! the heavens are round thee and over
And the stars shine forth in the night.
Foil on, for If labor is holy
1t crowneth with blessings the brow,
AS Gods fields and valleys lowly
Are wrapped in His mantle of snow.
Toll on, and when evening slumber
With its peace thy spirit allay,
Then the glories of night shall outnumber
The cares that o'erclouded the day
Byron W. King. In ". Y Observer.
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The NUMBER SEVEN.
Extent to Which 1t Entered Into the
building of Coiogne's Cathedral.

Extent to Which 1t Entered Into the
Building of CoioGne's Cathedral.
Not only in the larger portions of the
masonry work in the Cologne Cathedral,
but down to the minutest details of the
ornamentation, the combinations of
'seveu," deemed a sacred number in
the Middle Ages, enter to consider
able extent Thus, at all the porticoes.
and even on the side entrances. we find
seven inches for the reception of statues.
The depth of the vestibule is seven
times feet (56 feetO in it there are
seven pedestals for as many star.es.
Seven chapels surround the High C!!.Cir.
which, like the inner space of the c..the-
dral, has both width and heigh. of
seven times % feet Q61 feet.) The
height of the side aisles is seven times
10 feet GO feet.) Twice seven pillars
ornament the High Choir. The five
aisles of the cathedral are each sepa-
rated from the other by rows of z
pillars. The entire number of free
pillars is seven times (56) that of the
pillars set into the walls seven times
(29,J The western portico has width
of seven times 80 (231 feet.) The
whole length of the imposing edifice is
seven times rs (532 feet,) and its height
to the pinnacle of the main towers was
originally planned to be seven times 76
feet; while the three transepts have a
width of seven times 10 feet (l05 feet. y
Paris american Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-08
IN GAY BARCELONA.
Costumes Worn by the Men and Women
of the Famous Spanish City.


With some exceptions the ladies still
wear the poetic Andalusian headgear,
their glossy tresses piled high, the black
lace covering them dropping in front in
a point. The Barcelona shop girl or
seamstress, however, instead of the
mantilla. prefers crimson OF deep
yellow silk kerchief, that suits to per-
lection her dark skin, jetty locks, and
glorious orbs. Probably their eyes be-
come trained by the constant contem-
plation of vivid colors in mountain and
sky, for even in such slight matters as
the selection of flower to place in the
hair, or the choice of a stocking to
match the petticoat, the Spanish lass
never errs on the score of harmony.
The peasant, too, is no less romantic
than artistic In dress, department and
physiognomy, in fact from head to foot,
his appearance is characteristic. His
wooden cap is in reality shaped like the
leg of stocking-happily he does not
stiffen or distend it to its full length
capacity, the effect would be toe
grotesque for even his Unborn gravity;
the lavish superfuity he draws forward,
and, folding it in scroll over the fore
head, it not only shades the eyes, but is
most becoming. 1t is generally red,
and thus not altogether unlike the
Phrygian cap; old men, however, often
choose dark brown. purple or gray
color. His short jacket is of black OF
blue velveteen, with clusters of tiny
silver filigree buttons; he wears knee
brooches, knitted hose, and round his
waist q red sash no less than five yards
in length. To put this on he lets it trail
on the ground and winds himself into
it by turning round and round. In the
folds of this scarf he carries clasp
knife of singular shape, presumably Of
Moorish origin. and peculiar to Cata-
lonia. The blade is from five to seven
inches in length, and, laying it flat in
the right hand palm, with the point
touching the tip of the two forefingers,
the ''muchacho" knows how to throw it
with deadly accuracy, A pair of
sandals, light and suitable for the
climate, complete his equipment, and
no doubt contribute greatly to the
marvellous feats of speed and endurance
for which he is remarkable. On many
days Journey in the mountains the
young man who acted rs my guide wat
allie with earc to keep pace with IKE
horse, and where the path beea IA
foeky he would stride in advanvas
springing like goat from boulder to
] boulder. Gentleman s AGqa@tne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-08
TEMPERANCE.
BABY'S LITTLE SHOES.


A man with tattered garments old,
Upon whose face
Want and despair, in letters dark,
Had left their trace,
With wavering step by wine unnerved,
That heavy falls,
Paused, where low cleaned in twilight mist
Three golden balls,
Meath which he entered, as if were
No time to lose,
And on the counter laid in shame
Two baby shoes.
Take them" he said, II must have drink"
The clerk said: Nay,
1t were a shame the baby's shoes
To take away"
"She will not need them: cold and stu
She lies asleep,
And Heaven will now the baby's feet
Ia safety keep"
Il have a baby, too at home" Il
One listening said
And at the thought in gratitude
He bowed his head
1.-THE little feet not still, thank Godl
How could lose,
In ruins crimson food of wine
My babys shoe?'
-Cdttie L, BORney, in Youths COMPANION.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


TO dare is great To bear is greater.
Bravery We share with the brutes; for
titude with saints. - Charles f. Deems.
Those who are the least deserving
have the least charity and the fewest
good words for others. --Pomsroy' Ad-
ca,ace Thought.
One of the thrilling disapj,ointments
of life is to renounce the world and then
find that the world knows nothing of its
announcement.
1t is always good to know, if only
in passing, charming human being;
it refreshcs one like flowers, and woods,
and clear brooks.
The way of the transgressor is gen
orally alleged to be hard. The trans
gressor doesn't mind this, though, baE
as much as do his friends. San Fran
cisco Post
They say Charlie has married. Is
she well-intormed woman?'' "Wel,
should say so. She has belonged to
the sewing circle for ten years and never
missed meeting"
"A woman who is afraid to cross a
crowded street without an escort often
possesses nerve enough to take one
legged mans seat in street car and let
him stand for eight or ten blocks
MiLtCGtt5ee Journal.
"A farmer said: Zone thing dort
like about city folks-they be-eitierpo
stuck up yer can't reach EN- With akay-
stack pole, or SO blamed friendly that
they forget to pay their boarl. "--Bafato
Express.
No man can go into bad company
without suffering for it, The homely
old proverb has it veF tersely; ga
man can't bite the bottom out of the
frying-pan without shifting his nose. "
-Haryord Religious Hrald.
"A thorough expiration of the
Orinoco river and its serces has been
made by a French traveller named
Chaffanjon. He says the sources are
surrounded by chain IF mountains in
the form of a fan, to Which he has given
the name of the De Leseps range, after
the great canal builder
"A legal gentleman here has two
little boys who have been visiting their
grandfather's plantations in the South,
and in boyish fashion one day they were
specializing on their future fortunes.
I'm going to be a falmer," said one,
land raise lots of cotton" "Well, :"
said the other, Pm going to be law
yer, like papa, and steal it all away
from YOU. "-LouisUiJle Post.
THAT'S a rather uuilue-looking
paper-weight you have there" said
wilkins, indicating a curiously-shaped
article lying on the table of his friend
John son. Yes" said the latter, pick
ing up the object, andeying it critically.
You know they have begun to teach
cooking in the schools, and this is a
doughnut baked by my sister Clara,
after taking only six lessons in the do
mestic art. IN Y Ledger.
1t has been discovered that the
average length of time that the $4,000
a year clergyman is able to work with
out becoming physical wreck and
having to be sent abroad is seven
months. The $1,000 man can stand it
eight months; he who receives $1,000,
nine months; the 5000 preacher. ten
months-and so on; but the man on a
$500 salary works right along all the
year around and doesn't break down.
Who can explain this?-T It'd BITS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-08

local unions in the United States about
10000 including Young Women's
Christian Temperance Unions, with
following of about 200, 900, besides nu-
merous juvenile organizations. -SGra-
tOgG Cor. NJ Y Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-08
HEALTHIER THAN BEER.
An Industrious Laborer who Makes Oat
meal His Substitute for Malt.
stNn an,. tbanlc -

An Industrious Laborer Who Makes Oat-
meal His Substitute for Malt.
mo Leer, thanks"
at will do you good, after working
in the street all morning." said the
foreman of a party of laborers from the
Public Works Department to one of
the most intelligent of his workmen
during a incoming on an uptown street
the other day.
"Td rather drink what I've got in
my bucket"
whats that?"
"Oatmeal and water"
"What do you drink that for?''
"To keep cool. same as you drink
water.
at doesn't rest you like beer,
though"
"Try it once and see. When be-
gan drinking oatmeal in my water,
the wife had almost to make me take
it. Now l wouldn't be without it. /
used to drink glass of beer every
noon, two before supper and work the
GROWER before going to sleeps night.
That cost about twenty cents q day
Now save all that and get along just
as we'll as before. / don't know what
there is about the meal, but when l
have had drink of it / don't care for
beer or any thing else to drink. You'd
better try it yourself"
Oatmeal in water explained a
physician to reporter who had over
heard the above-recorded dialogue, sis
one of the best drinks in the world for
working-man, especially in warm
weather 1t is nutritive, satisfying
and agreeable to the stomach. For
laborers it makes useful addition to
the diet, costs but little, and repays
the small outlay in the form of in
creased ability to perform labor, either
physical or mental IN Y. Mail and
Express.
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Amt you in, MariaP" he queried,
as he fumbled around with the latch
key. "No, amt. I'm out. Out of
sugar, out of tea, out of flour, and out
of patience" snapped g female voice
from an upper window.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-16
ON THE GERMAN FRONTIER.
Disquieting Incidents - Houses Ran
sacked on Suspicion - GEN.
eraI News.

LONDON, February 10. =. The Paris
newspapers report many disquieting in
cidents on the German frontier. La
Justice learns from Neufchatel that not
single soldier is allowed a leave of
absence for over half an hour, on any
nretense, the commander having learned
that Germany is seeking pretext for a
petty quarrel.
A journal in Alsace reports that the
l.eipsic court issued a warrant for the
search of the house of Herr Schauitz,
secretary of Herr Kable's election COM
mittee, who was suspected of being con-
nected with De Roule de League, and
that the police ransacked the house,
but found nothing of eliminating ma
ture. The houses of numerous bankers
and others throughout the provinces
are reported to have been searched for
a similar reason.
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The ouaen,s LnhiIaes

CALCUTTA, February 15.-Twanty-five
thousand of the IS, 900 of prisoners con-
fined in iails throughout India will be
released tomorrow as an act OF Glenn
ency to commemorate the jubilee of
Queen Victoria.
In selecting prisoners to be liberated
special pains will be- taken to show
leniency to the females. Allpersons
imprisoned for debt throughout, where
the debt is under 100 rupees, Will be
liberated to morrow, also. in comment
Grafton of the jubilee. In these cases
the government will pay the debts.
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TO RETURN TO WORK
A FEARFUL TRAGEDY.
Three Small Children Meet a. Hor.
rible Fate.

DETROIT, February 15-This afternoon,
in Hoffner's furniture store, corner
of Michigan and Junction Avenues,
while the children of the proprietor
were playing about the stove, it was
upset, and can of benzine exploded,
throwing the burning fluid over the
children and burning them horribly.
Their father was badly burned. The
explosion attracted attention, and in a
few minutes the door was opened and a
sad sight revealed. Lying on the floor
Of the building. were the bodies of three
small children, with the flames blazing
all over them. They were carried to
the sidewalk outside, and were still
alive, although suffering terribly. They
cannot recover. The fGsher, Edward
Hoffner, is in critical condition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-16
FORTY-NINTR CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WARRINGTON, February 15-The pre-
siding officer presented a comnunica-
ton from the Secretary of the Treasury
in regard to the need Of appropriations
for wharf and other buildings at Sitka,
Alaska. Referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Jones (NsVada), from the committee
on finance, reported baok the House
amendments TO the trade dollar bill
with the Recommendation that it be
EBon-cOpCurrea in. The amendments
.liWere nOn-coD CARED in and a confer
fence was also asked, Jones, Merrill and
Beck being appointed confe1ees on the
! part OF the Senate.
| Mitchell (OreSon) offered - preamble
a9d resolution, recitlng the provision
J OF she thurman fanding bill 30 the eff
I feet that If either of the Pacific railroad
companies failed. fo5 six months, to
PERFORM its requirements, suCa failure
shah Operate as a forfeiture, aud direct
Ing tas Acknowledgement to advise the
Senate whether the Union or Central
Paclfle company has; for a peric4 OF six
months or longer, failed to perform its
duty under that law ,.;aDd if so, whether
any proceedings have BEEN institussa by
the Attorney General for the purpose
of judiUially enforcing the forfeit1re uf
all rights, privileges, grants andafran-
chises. Referred.
On motion of Cameron the bill % in
crease the naval establishment was
taken up-yeas 80. navs Is.
Butler moved to postpone the biz std
to take up for consideration the
House bill changing the time. of
m 9etingc of the Legislative Assembly,
Washington Territory. Rsjected-Feas
20, nays 37-and the Senate then pro
ceeded to the consideration of the bill
to increase the naval establishments.
Hale offered an amendment. that if
the speed OF any of the vessels shall ex-
coed twenty knots an hour, the con
tractor shall receive $50 600, for
every additional quarter knot, aud is it
should be less than twenty knots an
hour there shall be deducted FROM the
contractor $4,000 for every quarter
knot below twenty knots.
At 2 O'CLOCK, unfinished Business
Eads-Tehauntapee bill-Was, taken up
for considerations
Morgan offered an amendment pro-
viding that nothing in the act shall
be construed as q waiver of any right
which the United States may now have
under any treaty heretofore made.with
Mexico. Adopted.
Van Wyck offered an amendment that
no stock shah be issued until fully paid
for in money at parvalue, and no bonds
issued until The full amount of stock
has been subscribed for and. 50 per cent.
of it paid for.
Vest modified Van Wyck,s amend
ment so as to provide that no certificates
Of stock shall be issued until The same
shall have been fully paid for in money
at its par value. that no bonds in ex-
cess of the amount of the capital paid
n shall be authorized or issued until
such capital shall amount 20 $40, 0O0, 900,
md that no bonds shall be disposed OF
It less than their par value.
Pending action, the bill went over till
thursday, and the Senate adjourned.
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ME LUD's OPINION.
Sir Lionel West on the Canadian
Fisheries Question.

New YORK, February 15.-In an in
terview with reporter of the Mail and
Erpress. Sir Lionel West, British Minis
ter to Washington, said; 81 do not
anticipate any trouble whatever about
the fishery question. Negotiations are
now going forward in London between
Minister Phelps and the British gov
eminent, and think the question will
be finally settled before Congress ad
journs. Even if the retaliatory and
non intercourse bill goes. through and
becomes law, I do not think the rela-
tons between this country and Canada
will be strained. The President will
have the power to put the law in force
or not, as he sees proper, and that is a
provisien that will prevent any harsh
and rash measures from being taken,
until all other pacific remedies are ex-
hausted.
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Maocaroni at a Discount.

New YORK, February 15.-The Ital-
ians who took the places of the strikers
on the Morgan line were all discharged
to-day and colored help put in Their
places. The company are negotiating
with the old hands to come back, and
in the meantime the freight jam is as
bad as during the first days of the
strike,
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A Revelation

55 beef c;. she butchers. A stampede in
f ~ &C.. circles. Beef, mutton and norE
jYir '. .to., .iy: Porterhouse and tenderN
r los" ''ea az; I2h cents per pound: prime
steak. 9 ceT,. oentS per pound; round
cents per no per pound; chuck steak,
per pound nd pound oi boiling beef, 6 cents
cents per ION ION and legs of mutton, S
pound! brdp pound; chops, 8 cents rer
cents ner oi ta and necks of mutton )
per popnd pound; pork chops, 8 cen IS
cents ne- pork roasts and SAUSAGE s
special found pound. On all of the above a
deiiyeerryt s1uctlon for cash only, without t
Cor 4 By G, D. Amos, Butcher.
Uifu South and Main Streets
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HOUSE.

The House went into committee of
the whole on the diplomatic consular
appropriation bill. On the points of
order raised by Burnes, all increases in
the salaries to the secretaries of lega-
tons and interpreters were ruled out.
Various items of increase in the COM
pensation of Co. suls were ruled out on
points of order. Without completing
the consideration of the bill, the COM
mittee rose.
Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaten AID Payson
were appointed conferees on the
Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill.
The House then adjourned.
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For $4,000,

New YORK, February 15.-The Sun
says: Director Billings, of the Boston
Club, was in this city yesterday and
confirmed the story about the payment
OF $40 COO to the Chicago Club, for the
Kelly release, adding that Kelly had
insured his life for $4,000 to secure the
Boston Club against loss.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-16
Says It's No Such Thing.

ROME, February 15.-Ls Moniteer d is
credits the idea that the Pope is foment-
ing a European war, hoping thereby 10
obtain a restoration of the temporal
power of the church, but declares that
the Pope is justified in securing the
friendship of the powerful empires in
order, eventually, to submit the position
of the papacy to vote OF the Powers.
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a Peculiar Fatality.

SAN FRANCISCO, February ia pc
euliar fatality occurred aboard the bark
Men1non, from Tacoma, as she was
crossing the bar entrance to this harbor
this afternoon in tow OF the tug Relief.
The bits around which the hawser was
fastened on the bark broke, struck the
forecastle and killed three seamen in its
passage overheard.
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PERSONAL.
MAJOR berry is I'D from Provo.

MAJOR BERRY is up from Provo.
DR.. EMMA B. ATKIN is up from Nephi.
s. N. PaEsHAw, of Ogden, is at the
White House.
R. W. Cross, of Ogden, came to Salt
Lake last evening.
W. A COOKE has left the Crescent
COmpany's employ, and is now with
Duyal, the Insurance Compact Com
missioner